Eurosport - Sat, 23 May 15:55:00 2009
Newcomers Serbia clinched the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf after winning both singles matches against hosts Germany.
Janko Tipsarevic gave Serbia their second, winning point when he beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-4 for an unassailable 2-0 lead with the doubles rubber remaining.
The Serbs, who also won all three group matches, grabbed the lead when Viktor Troicki edged past Rainer Schuettler 6-4 7-6.
Serbia became the first country since Yugoslavia in 1990 to win the cup on their debut appearance.
Tipsarevic carved out two breaks in the first set and another in the second to beat the world number 31 and clinch the title for his country with an ace on match point.
Dominant throughout, world number 72 Tipsarevic gave Kohlschreiber no chance of a comeback similar to the ones the German staged in his group matches.
"I cannot be satisfied with my game," said Kohlschreiber.
"Nothing was working at the back," he said of his error-ridden performance.
Germany's Nicolas Kiefer and Mischa Zverev were playing Troicki and doubles world number one Nenad Zimonjic in the dead doubles rubber later on Saturday.
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@wayne.delay2,
why so cynical? I wonder where was Great Britain in this championship? Hm.... Oh I know, they were holding Serbian players' towels! ;)
Povodom Hrvatskih velikih... pricaju dve Hrvatice. Cuj bila sam u Bosni i videla sam chunu... A Kaj ti je to Chuna? To ti je kaj nasih 2-3 pimpacha... Jadna Afrodita, pojma nema:)
boki I can give you a very nice time and only 1 EUR...
sigurno razumes srpski 14 pa ga isgusi i nagusi se
@13,14, Novak and every Serb have the tools to put in your whatever to make you hapy, but we have standards.
I will also service Croations, but I charge more, as they have bigger tools...
Sebia is one of the best tennis countries and I can keep going with any man for 5/6 hours unlike Novak I don't need the trainer...
ha,that was funny...you must be an old person..(picture,right?)..like i said before,we prefer to enjoy in a present
Sebia is one of lbest tennis country!
Djokovic, Zimonjic, Troicki, Tipsarevic, Jankovic, Ivanovic . . .
Bravo za SRBIJU!!!Ovo je jos jedan dokaz koliko smo postali jaki u teniskom svetu,a verujem da cemo i ubuduce biti u samom vrhu!!1Svim Srpskim teniserima mnogo uspeha na RG.
Vlado, opusti se, nije chovek nigde chuo da se dobijaju ATP bodovi, nemoj odmah takav da budesh...
Nice done...
Wow such glory lol
Boris...
You should inform yourself....Tpsarevic won 165 points on this championship, and others too won some ATP points....
Great job Serbia, all of best at FO
Well done, guys!
BRAVO FOR SERBIA, congretulations, good luck to all serbian players on RG !!!!!11
Yeah, we won. Congratulations to Viktor, Nenad and Janko. Although this championship doesn't offer any ATP points, still, it is second most prestigious team competition. And a great preparation for RG.
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